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A family buried a fellow shipmate today who died last week.
I had served with on 1 ship, a torpedo retriever, and 2 year stint up in Argentia NFLD with him.
We were buddies for 40 years.
My friend has had a progressive and serious knee pain from a torpedo recovery accident on retriever back in the 1980's. We were doing our recocery in rough seas when a MK-48 over slid the rollers while we were putting it inside and strapping it down. He was pinned between the nose of the torpedo and a bulkhead. He recovered after 6-7 weeks, but he was never the same again although, good enough to stay and finish his career. He has been waiting for new knee joints for over 3 years and takes quite a lot of meds for pain management. His doctor went on vacation without notifying him prior to arriving at the V.A for a scheduled appointment recently.
A Indian trained "witch doctor" who fill in for his doctor could see that he was stressed out and prescribed anti anxiety medication, even while knowing he was on some serious Opiod type pain meds.
He passed away in his sleep that very same night due to the meds slowing down his heart & respiratory.
I had served with on 1 ship, a torpedo retriever, and 2 year stint up in Argentia NFLD with him.
We were buddies for 40 years.
My friend has had a progressive and serious knee pain from a torpedo recovery accident on retriever back in the 1980's. We were doing our recocery in rough seas when a MK-48 over slid the rollers while we were putting it inside and strapping it down. He was pinned between the nose of the torpedo and a bulkhead. He recovered after 6-7 weeks, but he was never the same again although, good enough to stay and finish his career. He has been waiting for new knee joints for over 3 years and takes quite a lot of meds for pain management. His doctor went on vacation without notifying him prior to arriving at the V.A for a scheduled appointment recently.
A Indian trained "witch doctor" who fill in for his doctor could see that he was stressed out and prescribed anti anxiety medication, even while knowing he was on some serious Opiod type pain meds.
He passed away in his sleep that very same night due to the meds slowing down his heart & respiratory.